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I had a two-fer doctors visit today. General physical (because it was time, lol) and the dreaded "salad spoons". I think you ladies know what I mean, lol. I hate doctors scales, weighing with my clothes and shoes on, in the middle of the afternoon...ugh. At least I was way under what I was last year at both offices. Blood…

@Violet - I'm totally with you. Hopefully next week I'll be back to my lowest. I don't think I'll make the 12 either, but if I hit below 190 before Christmas, I'll be thrilled. Next few weeks are full of eating out, family and friends visiting. Here is to making it out of the holidays even!!

SW: 194 CW: 192.2 So my lowest was 191, but after the holidays I was 194 again, so I'm happy with this loss today. Hopefully next week I'll be back to my lowest, and we can go from there! Damn these holidays!!!

I made it on the intro post!!! YAY!! I feel special :smooched: :heart: :flowerforyou: :blushing: Weigh in day is Sunday, the hubs and I went out to dinner tonight. I made better choices than I normally would have, BUT I went out to lunch with a girlfriend today too. Ugh. Workout tomorrow for sure!! Hope all of you have a…

I did my first Zumba tonight. It was SO FUN!! I mean, I felt like an idiot, and was thankful every minute the windows are opaque and it is an all womens gym, lol!! Maybe when I fet more fit and coordinated I'll feel as sexy as our instructor looked, but tonight, I was just goofy!! Thank goodness I was in the back so I…

Ok, I'm not surfe if this is week 5 weigh in or not, lol. SW: 194 CW: 194.2 Been a BAD BAD 2 weeks. So this actually isn't as horrible as I had feared. Now I just need to work my tail off until Christmas to make our loss goal!

I had a 2 pound "gain" this week, putting me at 193. It isn't a real gain, as the last few days we have had visitors in town staying with us, and we've been eating food we know we shouldn't. Unfortunately, this week will not be much better, we have Disneyland on Tuesday, Thanksgiving, and then a trip to Vegas afterwards.…

Ok, so I weighed myself again this morning and i was at 191.0! Woohoo. SO I would like to replace my 192.8 with 191. and that was after ewating a banana for breakfast and drinking some water!

SW 194 WK 1 192.4 WK 2 192.8 .4 gain this week, but I'm sick, have whiplash, and it is TOM. Needless to say I've had better weekends. I'm sure that .4 will come off next week after TOM is all gone. @ pink, glad your craft fair went well! I was looking at your etsy shop yesterday, I can't wait to see your christmas stuff. I…

Ugh. So I got in a car accident on the way home from work tonight. I was about 1/4 mile from home, some lady turned left out of a parking lot in front of me. Totally her fault, but I hit her going about 40. We are both fine, but our cars are not. I'm gonna have a sore neck tomorrow. I'm pissed because now I'm out a car…

Pink, Zumba was a no-go. Traffic was awful, got home late, wouldn't have had time to eat, and get there without being sick from just eating. I'm gonna see how I feel tomorrow, maybe do it then. But I did the bike at lunch today, yay!!

Bru, I'm so sorry for your losses, and for the stress this has put on your family. Now is the time to just enjoy being together as much as you can. Gma and Gpa are now together and pain free. I know that doesn't make it easier for you guys though. Hugs!! One workout down for today, let's hope I have motivation for Zumba…

You need physical therapy. Lateral releases generally have a very poor success rate, that is why they hardly do them anymore. You need to go to a therapist (not a chiro) and have them work on strengthening your gluteal muscles and quads so they can correct the alignment in your hips and knees that I'm sure is off (thanks…

Thanks. This is the last week of football, so my schedule for the next few weeks will be much lighter, whew!! The gym I go to also offers a striptease class on Thursday nights that I'm SO thinking of going to, I think it will be totally fun. I figure if I can get 4 organized classes in a week, whatever I can do on my own…

Can you get physical therapy? It sounds like either a hip flexor (iliopsoas) strain, or a SI (sacroiliac) joint issue. The no pain on decline makes me think more hip flexor than SIJ. I would recommend stretching that out, and going core strengthening. NOT leg lifts. Maybe bridges, crunches, and planks. I'll link to some…

Buy Skinny Cow. It satisfies the urge (cause I have that too). If you don't have Ben and Jerry's in the house, you won't eat it. So try and pick a better option of ice cream.

SW: 194 CW: 192.4 loss 1.6 Yay!! I'm totally happy with that, I was stuck in the 194s for several weeks. That was hte kick I needed.

Weigh in day tomorrow!! Been a good week, much better than the past few! Planning on getting back to the gym this coming week, our house is finally sick-free!! I'm thinking of adding an evening Zumba class to my routine, just trying to figure out where ot fit it in. My morning class is tues/thurs at 5am (i know...) and the…

I've learned that it really isn't all that hard to lose weight, you just have to want to. I've learned that nobody can make the decision for you, you have to do it for yourself. I've learned that after eating good, healthy food for so long, a pizza makes me feel ill. And that is wonderful.

Ahhh....well...I hate to tell most of you, but a LARGE portion of the meniscus is avascular, meaning it gets no (or very poor) blood flow. So if the tear is in the avascular zone, it WILL NOT HEAL. The inflammation will decrease, it may be tolerable for your lifestyle, but it will never heal. I would see what the MRI says,…

Totally normal. Happens on the stationary bike too. Try lifting your feet off the pedals when you step up, the weighting and off weighting of your feet will help the blood pump in your feet, increasing circulation, decreasing numbness. Also the tips of loosening laces, etc should help as well.

SW 194.0 Photo from a wedding in September. I'll post a new one in this dress next week. I want to wear ti for our family christmas photos Dec 4th. It fits...but not like I want it to.

In. I'll take a photo today and post it. Gotta decide what I want to wear!

Know that if you exercise during your period, you WILL feel better. Exercise helps those muscles in your abdomen relax because of movement and stretching. The weight gain is totally normal, we all get it. Make sure you're geting enough protien during that time, your body needs the iron because of the blood loss.

I think this is a demon that we all struggle with. My job is a late night job, so on an early night I'm home by 7, after dinner, that is 8, and we are going to bed around 9 because my husband gets up at 4am. So that means I work out in the mornings. The hardest part is just getting out of bed. Once I do that, I'm fine. A…

I'm a newlywed of just over a year to the love of my life, and we are looking to start our family in the next year or so (big part of the reason I'm so committed this time around!). I am an Athletic Trainer at a physical therapy clinic, which also provides outreach programs to a local high schools, where I, along with 4…

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Generally, think of proteins as a goal to hit, not something to stay under. Same with fiber. The carbs, sugars, fat, and of course calories are what you should strive to stay under.

Weight loss. As you weigh less, your body needs less calories. It is up to you whether you ignore the adjustment, or let it go. I'm not adjusting my calories until I need to. I'm still losing by eating the calories it gave e when I signed up, so I'm not going to lower the amount until I plateau.

Its hard to tell without looking at your diary. How is your protein intake? Protein is a good way to get calories without carbs. That is the difference between egg beaters and cereal as well. Since you just hit the plateau last week, it isn't that alarming. You need to plateau sometime, and with how much you've lost, I…